CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — No. 9 North Carolina easily passed its first test playing without injured forward Xylina McDaniel.Sophomore guard Jessica Washington came off the bench to tie her career high with 16 points, and the Tar Heels beat...

Wearing gas masks against the smoke, Italian firefighters and investigators boarded the charred Norman Atlantic ferry on Friday and retrieved a data recorder they hope will help them discover what caused a deadly blaze.

By Donna ThompsonTimes Trends EditorLITTLE FALLS — Little Falls firefighters responded to a fire on New Year’s Day that caused heavy damage to a two-family house on Marco Terrace.Firefighters received the call at 9:42 a.m.

HERKIMER — Some elected officials have taken the oath of office as the new year begins.On Thursday, state Sen. James Seward, R-Oneonta, was sworn in for his fifteenth term during a ceremony at the Otsego County Courthouse. Seward then...

Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah was temporarily fitted with a breathing tube on Friday during treatment for a lung infection, but the condition of the 90-year-old monarch later stabilized, state media reported.